Community Care

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Agency social worker pay in would be capped to the equivalent earned by permanent staff under government plans to reduce the use and cost of locums in statutory children’s services. The Department for Education (DfE) has proposed introducing national rules to regulate the use of agency staff in response to concerns that their increasing use is destabilising the workforce and adversely affecting children and families through high staff turnover.

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The Guardian

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Poet and broadcaster says Rachel de Souza should be pushing ministers to do much more Lemn Sissay, the poet and broadcaster, has launched a bruising attack on the children’s commissioner for England, accusing her of failing to champion children in care at a crucial time and “smothering the voice of her own office”. Sissay, whose bestselling memoir My Name is Why was a reflection on his own childhood in care, tweeted that Rachel de Souza, a former headteacher and advocate of academy schools appoi

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Social Work Blog

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

NOTE on NASW journals: NASW journals are co-published by NASW Press and Oxford University Press. The journal Social Work is a benefit of NASW membership. It is available online or, at a member’s request, in print. Children & Schools , Health & Social Work Social Work Research are available by subscription at a discounted rate for NASW members, either online or in print.

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Social Worker Depression Mental Health University 92

The Guardian

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Digital monitoring of patients at home eases the pressure on hospitals. But it has some serious drawbacks Virtual wards may sound like something out of a dystopian sci-fi book, but they’re a very real policy initiative being expanded by the government to ease demands on critical care in UK hospitals. In 2012, I was responsible for setting up one of these “wards” in the Midlands.

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The International Association Of Schools Of Social

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Virtual Side –event: Addressing inequality predicament: trade-offs and the quest for decent employment, poverty reduction and social inclusion Date: Tuesday, February 7, 2023 Time: 9:45am- 11am EST Please register at: [link] The side- event conceived as a panel discussion takes place during the 61 st session of the Commission for Social Development.

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Welfare University Schools 52

Relias

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

The “Fatal Five” is a group of preventable conditions that are often fatal for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) living in congregant residential settings. They include aspiration, dehydration, seizures, constipation, and sepsis. Identifying healthcare needs can be hard for anyone. Do you remember a time when you had symptoms you didn’t understand?

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Healthcare Communication Disability Interventional 52

Relias

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Continuous quality improvement (CQI) is a philosophy within healthcare organizations that looks to constantly improve upon patient care, staff safety, and organizational processes. CQI pushes all members of your organization to ask questions like: “How are we doing?” “Can we do something better?” “Can we do things more efficiently and be more effective?

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Healthcare Engagement Clinic Recovery 52

Health & Social Care Workforce

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Dr Mary Baginsky,Senior Research Fellow at the NIHR Policy Research Unit in Health and Social Care Workforce.

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CAPC

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension rarely receive palliative care.

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